hmmm my only REAL complaint in this picture would be the girls shoulder. You could fix this by making the other shoulder not as far apart to give the illusion that the shoulder is hidden behind the jacket.

Also I find the legs a bit awkward. With the girls legs her knees are at the same hight even when one of them is bent.
..and the guy seems to not have any hips or any sort of butt. (I prefer my guys having some form of behind.)

SmileyFace wrote:
hmmm my only REAL complaint in this picture would be the girls shoulder. You could fix this by making the other shoulder not as far apart to give the illusion that the shoulder is hidden behind the jacket.

Also I find the legs a bit awkward. With the girls legs her knees are at the same hight even when one of them is bent.
..and the guy seems to not have any hips or any sort of butt. (I prefer my guys having some form of behind.)

Shoulders.................. Hmmm.........
I can't think of anything to say now except..............
"FTW HOW COULD I MISS THAT?????!!!!!!!"

And the legs, I never meant to show the knees too much. Did it look like her knees? OOpsies.
And behinds.............XD I'm so shy and terrible to show that! Sorry!
I"LL TRY MOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE HARDER!!!

Personally, I think that I draw better with traditional art since I've been drawing in that way for 6 years.
I really need to get used to my tablet -.-
I hope everyone forgives me for repeating silly mistakes in some way
*shot

Personally, I think that I draw better with traditional art since I've been drawing in that way for 6 years.
I really need to get used to my tablet -.-
I hope everyone forgives me for repeating silly mistakes in some way
*shot

IKR! Drawing with a tablet is hard. D':
I got mine I think like three weeks ago and I still struggle with drawing a line that Isn't wobbly or shaky.
(and when I do I had spent like 10 minutes on just that one line.)

Two things I do to help practice my tablet drawing skills:
- Replace my mouse with my tablet.
- Try drawing traditionally without looking at the page but at the object you are looking at. This helps with hand-eye coordination.

I think the legs are too short... (compared to the torso and arms of course) and the neck is probably too thick for chibis, in fact, I don't even think some people's chibis have necks at all <.< Out of all of them, I think the girl looks the best ^^ I can't really comment on the coloring 'cuz I can't color at all so whatever I say regarding that is pretty much useless stuff that don't make sense and I will probably regret saying it later XD

EternalDream wrote:I think the legs are too short... (compared to the torso and arms of course) and the neck is probably too thick for chibis, in fact, I don't even think some people's chibis have necks at all <.< Out of all of them, I think the girl looks the best ^^ I can't really comment on the coloring 'cuz I can't color at all so whatever I say regarding that is pretty much useless stuff that don't make sense and I will probably regret saying it later XD

Oh, okay XD
Yeah, i thought that the legs were a bit off too. I'll try to practice more then.
Hmm, about the necks, can I just continue drawing like that?
Or is it better without necks or maybe thinner ones?

The best tip I can give anyone who plans on doing art for living is DON'T BE LAZY. If you're lazy while doing art for a commissioner, you're cheating yourself and whoever PAID you to do art. If you're lazy while doing art for a team, you're holding back the entire project from its fullest potential. If you're lazy while doing art for yourself, you're not letting yourself be the amazing artist you have potential to be. You're only cheating yourself.
If this were a piece for a commissioner, do they think would be pleased to see "too lazy to fix it again =.=" as a description, especially if something minor was off (like maybe you forgot to add their character's signature necklace or something)? Do you think they'd purchase from you again, knowing they might receive the same kind of service?

Bottom line, if you're serious about art, be serious about art. Being serious about your art is the number one way of getting better, because when you're serious you constantly push yourself to get better.

Sorry bout the mini-rant xD;

The arm definitely looks better, but is still a bit awkward. Try putting your own arm in that position. It hurts just a bit, and that's because it's an unnatural pose. It's easier to make poses a bit more natural if you use understructure.
Understructure for me usually means drawing a mannequin-esque person, then adding details like hair and clothes after I get the form right (by the way, mannequins are a great tool for artists for practicing poses, I think mine was only $9 and he's probably 8.5 inches tall. Not too bad considering I've had him for about 2 years now. Just make sure no younger/older siblings touch them. Siblings have a mystical power to screw crap up. especially mannequins :I I know from experience)

Lotus wrote:The best tip I can give anyone who plans on doing art for living is DON'T BE LAZY. If you're lazy while doing art for a commissioner, you're cheating yourself and whoever PAID you to do art. If you're lazy while doing art for a team, you're holding back the entire project from its fullest potential. If you're lazy while doing art for yourself, you're not letting yourself be the amazing artist you have potential to be. You're only cheating yourself.
If this were a piece for a commissioner, do they think would be pleased to see "too lazy to fix it again =.=" as a description, especially if something minor was off (like maybe you forgot to add their character's signature necklace or something)? Do you think they'd purchase from you again, knowing they might receive the same kind of service?

Bottom line, if you're serious about art, be serious about art. Being serious about your art is the number one way of getting better, because when you're serious you constantly push yourself to get better.

Sorry bout the mini-rant xD;

The arm definitely looks better, but is still a bit awkward. Try putting your own arm in that position. It hurts just a bit, and that's because it's an unnatural pose. It's easier to make poses a bit more natural if you use understructure.
Understructure for me usually means drawing a mannequin-esque person, then adding details like hair and clothes after I get the form right (by the way, mannequins are a great tool for artists for practicing poses, I think mine was only $9 and he's probably 8.5 inches tall. Not too bad considering I've had him for about 2 years now. Just make sure no younger/older siblings touch them. Siblings have a mystical power to screw crap up. especially mannequins :I I know from experience)

.............................
You know, I've been telling those all to myself and I haven't even changed myself a bit.
I'm REALLY SERIOUSabout art. Really!! Well, thanks for pointing all those to me.
I really needed to hear someone yell at me about that........
I'll be sure to work harder!!!!
But I'm not positive of getting any commissions from anyone actually ^^;

And the arm......hmmmm.....Maybe I should useMY SIBLING as a mannequin XD That way the only mannequin they're screwing up is themselves.
I just bought a tablet, which spent too much money on it
and I don't think I'm gonna get a $9 mannequin ever.(US dollar is about 4 times more expensive in our country ^^;)

SmileyFace wrote:
IKR! Drawing with a tablet is hard. D':
I got mine I think like three weeks ago and I still struggle with drawing a line that Isn't wobbly or shaky.
(and when I do I had spent like 10 minutes on just that one line.)

Two things I do to help practice my tablet drawing skills:
- Replace my mouse with my tablet.
- Try drawing traditionally without looking at the page but at the object you are looking at. This helps with hand-eye coordination.

1. Drawing with mouse is slow, hurt your wrist (careful with RSI, k?), and can't tap full potential of some software.
2. Why should you draw traditionally without looking at your page? That would be missing the whole point of drawing "not-digitally". Remember you can't use those nifty eraser, magic-wand, layers, and undo feature in traditional method.

Instead of giving up on tablet, you could try one or several of these method:
1. Practice hard (no pain, no gain) using tablet. Abandon traditional method and concentrate on digital way. Don't forget to exploit your software.
2. Remember that when sketching, you could use more line since you will use different layer anyway (not like some of traditional method where you ink on top of your sketch).
3. Buy Cintiq. This tablet works like touchscreen. You could see the drawing on the tablet.

If all fails... you could always hold SHIFT when making the line ^_^ This will guarantee to make a smooth, straight line in some software (photoshop, flash, etc).